If you live in California and care about the environment you should be worried. In 2009 I watched some of my colleagues vote for measures written at the behest of special interests to create precedent-setting exemptions from environmental laws and review. Some passed; others failed. Nonetheless, those interested in seeing the Legislature serve the public int […]
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has a theory. In an interview with ESPN 710's Steve Mason and John Ireland on Tuesday, Morey said he thinks height is overrated. This is basketball we're talking about, right Daryl? A sport where the 7-foot-7 Kenny George could get a scholarship to a Division I school without being able to run a wind spri […]
A month or two ago I had the pleasure of dining at the exclusive corporate headquarters of the Hearst publishing empire. It was a private dining room on the 44th floor, and a waiter brought in a giant golden thing as big as my daughter's head and put it on my bread plate. Hungry woman that I am, I ate it. After two bites, I couldn't help but say to […]
Who's allowed to have a lot of sex and who isn't is now a subject at the heart of American culture. The reason Tiger Woods shouldn't be having copious sex is explained in great detail by my colleague, Buzz Bissinger, in this month's Vanity Fair. Bissinger's view is that Woods made himself into a non-sexual being and, thus, having sex […]
A liberal group is mounting a last-ditch campaign to get Byron Dorgan to reconsider his retirement plans and remain in the Senate -- and the group's ammo is made up of pleas from his own constituents. Word spread of Dorgan's plans last night, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee blasted an email petition to North Dakota residents asking them t […]
Today, a researcher interviewed me. He was looking for people who thought they were brave. Well, in some ways, I've considered myself to be a coward, but then, others have told me I have big cojones, so I volunteered. It was an interesting conversation that got me thinking more about bravery and courage. I realized that part of my bravery had come from […]